XPost: comp.sys.dec   
   From: mcguire@lssmuseum.org   
      
   On 12/5/25 11:22, chrisq wrote:   
   >>>>     Hi folks, I thought some here might be interested to hear that   
   >>>> we at   
   >>>> the Large Scale Systems Museum have gotten our VAX-11/780 to the point   
   >>>> where it will boot VMS.  We fixed a list of hardware issues as long as   
   >>>> my arm, but it runs, and it runs great.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Congratulations.   
   >>   
   >>    Thanks!   
   >>   
   >>> BTW, how many sales reps have the local power company   
   >>> assigned to you ?   
   >>   
   >>    They used to send us christmas cards, now they send us fruit baskets.   
   >>   
   >>    I wish I was kidding.   
   >>   
   >>    Thank heaven for supportive donors. (we are a donor-funded 501(c)   
   >> (3) nonprofit)   
   >   
   >  From memory, around 6.9 Kilowatts, 3 phase, for just the cpu   
   > and no peripherals or storage etc. Would make a great lab heater.   
      Nothing of note internally is 3-phase; ours is running on   
   single-phase.  A LOT of it.  We can definitely tell when it's powered   
   up. :-)   
      
                -Dave   
      
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   Dave McGuire, President/Curator   
   Large Scale Systems Museum   
   New Kensington, PA   
      
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